Collapsible music rack



Oct. 12 1926. 1,602,621

` s. LILLELIEN COLLAPSIBLE KUSIC RAGK Filed Jun 1a. 192s Patented Oct. 12, 1926'.v

UNITED STATES SVERRE IiILLELIEN, OF RJ'UKAN, NORWAY.

COLLAPSIBLE MUSIC RACK.

Application led June 18, 1925, Serial No. .3S-,050, and in Norway June 24, 1924.

The present invention has for its object.V

a collapsible music-racl, adapted to Stand on the floor or a table or to be fastened on a wall. The music-rack according to the present invention comprises an upper member, shaped es a broad inverted U, to the downwardly extending side members oi which there are hinged extenison rods, carrying a slidable rest plate 'for the music sheet, the lower tree ends of said extension rods being connected by means ot links with bacl'cwardly extending arms,A the tree ends of which are connected by means o' a Cross rod with vertical rods7 the upper ends of which are pivotally connected with a rod,

Aadapted to be fastened with its ends in any suitable position on the extension rods hinged to the downwardly extending inembers ot the upper inverted U-shaped member.

On the drawing a preferred form oi' the invention is illustrated:

Fig. l is a side view, and

Fig. 2 is a front view.

The upper inverted U-shaped member has its parallel side members 2 and 3 pivotally connected by means ot trunnions l and 5 with rods 7 and 8, which carry a connecting rod 18, adapted to be fastened by means or' clamping screws 19 and Q0 in any convenient position on said rods 7 and 8. Near their lower ends rods 7 and 8 carry a sup porting ledge 9 ior the music sheet. At their ends rods Y and 8 are connected by ineens ol' hinges with backwardly extending rods l and 11, the free ends of which are connected by means ol: pin l2 and slot 2..J to upwardly extending rods le, the free ends ot which are pivotally connected by means oit pins 16 to the above mentioned cross rod 18. Said rod 18 serves to support the middle part of the music sheet.

In order to :told up .the rack rod 18 and supporting ledge 9 are slid upwards against rod l, rods l() and lll are fol-fied against l rods .7 and 8 and the latter are kswung inwards as indicatedin dotted lines on Fig. 2.

Tlie'upper horizontal vrod l may be provided at its centre with an eye-bolt 24 for hanging ythe rack on the wall. Otherwise 60 rack may standon a table or be mounted on a suitable support on the floor.

l elaim my invention l. A collapsible music-rack Comprising an inverteil @shaped member; a rod pivoted to each end ot said member; a supporting ledge slidably mounted on said rods; a backwardly extending rod hinged to the end of each rod; a cross rod slidably and adjust-y ably mounted on said first-named rods; and a second baeli'wardly ext-ending rod secured at one end to said cross rod and the other end to the lirst-named backwardly extending rod, said supporting'ledge and cross rod being adapted to slide into the U-shaped member and the rods being adapted to told inwardly into the member in order to fold the music-rack together.

2. A. collapsible music-rack comprising a U-shaped lmember having pivoted side rods; a cross rod slidably mounted on said rods and adapted to support the music; a backvmrdly-extending rod secured to each side rod; and a secon-il baclwardly-extending rod securez to the cross rod at each end7 said 75 last two named rods being adapted to supvport the U-sliaped member in an upright posii-tion and` said cross rod being adapted to slide against the bottom portion of the U- sliaped member, and the side rods and bacl- S0 wsmily-extending rods being adapted to fold inwardly in order to fold the rack together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention,

l have signed my name.

SVERRE LILLELIEN. 

